Filing appliance



June 3, 1930.

W. E. DUNNING ET AL FILING APPLIANCE Filfid Oct. 27, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet l 20' l I v I [If 2? w h Q l gvwewto'c William [abuzz/Zing and Jacob Baa/10f?! June 3, 1930. w. E. DUNNING ET AL FILING APPLIANCE 5 Sheets-Sheet Filed 001:. 27, 1926 gnua'nfoc Uzi/ g and Jacob Baa/20f?! 35% W g M m'lliamapa abfoz up June 3, 1930. w, DUNMNG ET AL FILING APPLIANCE Filed Oct. 27, 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 ED and .Jaaob Baa/a fair Patented June 3, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM DITNHING AND JACOB BACI-IOFEN, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE MCCASKEY REGISTER COMPANY, OF. ALLIANCE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO FILING APPLIANCE Application filed October- 2'7, 1826. Serial No. 144,620.

The invention relates to a filing appliance for sales bills and other similar papers in which a series of hinged holder frames or leaves may be operatively mounted upon a supporting frame; and more particularly to such an appliance in which the leaves are mounted upon vertical pivots or hinges, whereby each leaf remains vertical regardless of the position to which it may be moved upon its pivot. I I L In filing appliances of this type it has been customary in the past tohinge the leaves or holderframes upon horizontal pivots making it necessary for-the operator to swing the leaves, upon their pivots from a vertical into a horizontal position to give access to the desired leaf. 1 I

. With such a construction of filing appliance it is impossible for more than one person to have access to the appliance at one time since the leaf which is in use at the time must be set in vertical position against the leaves in back of the same, while the leaves in the front must beturned down into horizontal position. I Y A principal object of the present improvement is to provide a filing appliance in which access may be had to several leaves at one time, permitting a number of persons to consult the appliance at the same time.

Another object of the. improvement is to detachably mount the hinged holder frames orleaves above a suitable fireproof case into which the leaves may be placed when the filing appliance is not in'use. I

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 1 Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved filing appliance showing the same in operative position upon the top of the fireproof case;

Fig. 2, .a front elevation of the fireproof case showing the door open and the filing appliance located therein;

Fig. 3, a vertical section through the fireproof case taken substantially on the line 33, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4;, a top plan view of the filing applii so that their outer ends may swing free toand,

ance in the position shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5, a similar view showing the hinged leaves of the filing appliance opened at various places to permit several persons to consult the appliance at the'same time;

Fig. 6, a. fragmentary perspective view of a portion of one bank of the filing appliance and the index leaf;

The invention may be carried out by mounting. the hinged leaves upon any suitable stationary supporting frame, although in the accompanying drawings the filing appliance is illustrated as 'detachably mounted fupona supporting frame above a fireproof case, and arranged to be removed therefrom and placed within the case and enclosed therein when not in use. I

This case for the filing appliance may comprise abox body lof fireproof construction provided with the hinged lid 2, which may carry the combination lock 3 and an operating handle 4.

The supporting frame may comprise the base 5, rigidly attached to the top surface 6 of the case and provided with the upright 7 having the inturned angular. upper end 8 locatedidirectly above and in alignment with the boss 9 upon the base plate 5.

. The index leaf 10 is. hingedly connected, at its rear end, to theinturned arm 8 and the boss 9 and is provided upon. its rear edge with the spacedupper and lower ears 11 and 12 respectively, each of which has an aperture .13. in each end. a

The filing appliance per se includes a bank or banks containing series ofbill holder frames or leaves 15,"eaoh of which is similarfrom each other, as clearly indicated in Fig. 5 of the accompanying drawings.

Each bank of leaves is provided, at the inner end of the hinge portion with the upper short pintle 14 and the lower relatively long pintle 14 arranged to be detachably received within the adjacent apertures 13 of the ears 11 and 12 respectively, whereby each bank may be detachably hingedly connected to the index leaf.

All of the bill holder leaves are made exactly alike with recesses 18 and spring clips 19 in each face for receiving and clamping sales bills and the like in well known manner.

Each of the leaves is spaced above the top surface of the case 6 and is provided upon its under side with a friction foot arranged for sliding engagement with the top surface 6 of the case. This friction foot may be in the form of a plunger 20, slidably mounted in a vertical tube 21, fixed to the under edge of the leaf, a spring 22 within the tube engaging the head 23 upon the plunger and holding the foot 24 in frictional engagement with the surface 6, thus normally frictionally holding each leaf in any position to which it is moved.

As illustrated in Fig. 5, a number of people may have access to the filing appliance at the same time, as both sides of the index leaf may be accessible at the same time, while the other leaves may be swung into any desired position to permit access to several leaves upon each side of the center.

A stop 25 is provided near the rear edge of the top 6 of the case, near each side thereof to limit the backward movement of the leaves, as illustrated in Fig. 5. The friction feet upon the leaves are thus prevented from being moved beyond the top surface 6 of the case.

Labels 26 may be carried upon the forward edges of the leaves indicating the particular accounts filed upon each leaf. By splitting the leaves into two banks, as shown in the drawings, one movable bank upon each side of the index leaf, it will be seen that the appliance may be very easily operated as the accounts being indexed alphabetically, one-half of the alphabet is filed in one bank and the other half thereof in the other bank.

When the filing appliance is not in use each bank may be separately detached from the index leaf and placed within the interior of the case as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, resting upon the rods 27, the friction feet extending between the rods as shown in these figures. The case may be provided with one or more drawers 28 and any other suitable filing space beneath the same as desired.

The filing appliance may be enclosed entirely within the case by closing and locking the door as shown in Fig. 3, only the index leaf remaining above upon the top of the case. In case of fire the only record which would be-destroyed would be the index and this could be easily replaced from the records in the filing appliance.

From the above it will be seen that all of the bills or slips are filed vertically and one way upon the leaves of the device, thus adding to the convenience of operation. It should also be noted that the leaves do not rub together when opening the bank at any point as each leaf is hingedly connected to the adjoining leaves; and it is pointed out that if desired the hinge connections between the several leaves of each bank may be detachable in the same, manner as the hinge connections between the banks and the index leaf.

We claim:

1. A filing appliance including a base, an upright support on the base, a series of upright holders hinged together at their rear ends for swinging apart at their forward ends mounted on the support and sliding means on each holder cooperating with the base for holding the holders in any position to which they are swung relative to each other and to the base.

2. A filin appliance including a base, an upright support on the base, a series of upright holders hinged together at their rear ends for swinging apart at their forward ends mounted on the support and friction means on each holder cooperating with the base for holding the holders in any position to which they are swung relative to each other and to the base.

3. A filing appliance including a base an upright support on the base, a series of upright holders hinged together at tieir rear ends for swinging apart at their forward ends mounted on the support and spring operated friction means on each holder cooperating with the base for holding the hold ers in any position to which they are swung relative to each other and to the base.

In testimony that we claim the above, we have hereunto subscribed our names.

WILLIAM E. DUNN ING. JACOB BACHOFEN. 

